Los ilustres de Imotz: bertsolari y misionero Curiosity · Imotz, Larraun-Leitzaldea, Navarra Image of Imotz, not of the place itself. The Imotz valley was the birthplace of Andrés Astiz (1863-1924), known as "the bertsolari of Goldaratz," and of Jesús Erice (1911-1992), a Claretian missionary who worked among the Kuna people of Panama and helped preserve their language. Photo: Iñaki LL (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Imotz